Thomas CROSS applied to transfer the licence of the "Rising Sun Hotel" at Hotspur to his wife Louisa CROSS in 1890.

Application for Transfer of a Victualler's License from one person to another.TO THE LICENSING COURT FOR THE LICENSING DISTRICT OF PORTLAND.
I, THOMAS CROSS, the holder of a Victualler's License for the home and premises known as the Rising Sun Hotel situate in Hotspur, do hereby give notice that it is my intention to apply to the Licensing Court for the Licensing District of Heywood, to be holden at Portland on the SIXTH DAY OF June, 1890, to transfer the said license to LOUISA CROSS of Hotspur.
And I the said Louisa Cross hereby apply for the said transfer.
Dated this 28th day of May, 1890.
T. CROSS. L. CROSS. W. T. WILKINSON, Bentinck street, Portland Applicant's Solicitor.

"The Portland Guardian" (Vic.) Wednesday, 28th May 1890.

Thomas CROSS moved to Tahara, near Merino in the 1900s before his wife Louisa died at Heywood in 1901.

Thomas CROSS moved to Horsham c. 1906, remarried in 1927 to Emily SMITH (nee DOCHERTY) in 1927, and died and was buried at at Horsham in 1936.